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Bronte, Anne (1820-1849)5
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Blavatnik Honresfield Library3
Van Der Gucht, Gerard (1696-1776)1
Shakespeare, William, 1564-16161
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Archive Collection

William Black, The Penance of John Logan

Black, William (1841-1898)

1887

Manuscript copy, autograph, of his novel "The Penance of John Logan", which was first published in 1889. The novel is written on the recto side of each leaf of the volume in a small, condensed hand in...

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Generalogical notes and related correspondence

1838 - 1895

Contains genealogical notes on the Holland family, including an obituary of Charles Holland (reprint from Financial Reformer, March 1870), and correspondence. Correspondents include Charles Holland (1...

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Holland family correspondence and related material

1869 - 1891

Includes genealogical notes on the Holland family, the handwritten memoir of Samuel Holland, and a newspaper excerpt from the Liverpool Daily Post relating to Old Lancashire Houses (21 March 1889). Al...

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Holland family correspondence and related material

1838 - 1891

Includes genealogical notes on the Holland and Gaskell families, incl. an extract from the Manchester Guardian on Sir Henry Holland’s ancestry (1888), and a drawing of the coat of arms of Henry VI H...

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Holland family correspondence and related material

1869 - 1870

Includes genealogical notes on the Holland family, invoices, and notes on road rights. Also includes correspondence to Charles Holland from: Edgar Holland (his son, 1870); A.H.; [?] on Biggs, Holland ...

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Holland family correspondence and related material

1867 - 1896

Includes genealogical notes on the Holland family, a copy of the Holland family tree, newspaper excerpts, and a list of financial payments to be made to members of the Holland family [will preparation...

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Holland family correspondence and related material

19th Century

Includes genealogical notes on the Holland and Swinton families; an envelope containing bookplate of John Yate Holland & a drawing (with notes) of coat of arms of Holland of Clytllon [sic];,print of a...

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Holland family correspondence and related material

1853 - 1876

Includes correspondence to Charles Holland from: Frederick Samuel Hare; Edgar Holland (son). Correspondence to Edgar Holland from: Edward Holland (Dumbleton Hall); R.D. Radcliffe; Emanuel Edward Geflo...

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Holland family correspondence and related material

19th Century

Notes on the monopoly of the Bank of England,

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Archive Print Item

Eight novels employed by English dramatic poets of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.Originally published by Barnaby Riche in the year 1581, and reprinted from a copy of that date in the Bodleian library

Rich, Barnabe (1540?-1617); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1846

With reproduction of original t.-p.: Riche his Farewell to militarie profession: conteining verie pleasaunt discourses fit for a peaceable tyme, Gathered together... by Barnabe Riche ... Imprinted at ...

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English stories

Þorleifur Guðmundsson Repp (1794-1857)

1868

Includes English-Icelandic glossary.

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The tenant of Wildfell Hall (v.1)

Brontë, Anne (1820-1849)

1848

First published: London: T.C. Newby, 1848 in 3 vols.

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